The draft law replaces legislation from 1984 and targets internet users who have more than 100,000 followers on a single platform or 200,000 across several, the justice ministry said in a statement.

These outlets and the platforms that host them must have a mechanism to facilitate citizens’ right to ask that false or inaccurate information that harms them be corrected publicly, the ministry said.

The correction request will no longer have to be addressed to the outlet’s director because confirming their identity is difficult for many “pseudo media”, justice minister Félix Bolaños told a press conference.

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“Fake news” sounds so quaint and harmless.

It’s state sponsored lies bent on manipulating entire populations.

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This is very good

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This will work about as well as it always does.

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